Clustering of childhood leukaemia in Hong Kong: Association with the childhood peak and common acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and with population mixing

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 457-463

  Alexander, F E ^a   Chan, L C ^b,c   Lam, T H ^c   Yuen, P ^d   Leung, N K ^e   Ha, S Y ^b,c   Yuen, H L ^f   Li, C K ^d,e   Lau, Y L ^b,c   Greaves, M F ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^f QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^g INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Childhood leukaemia; Clustering; Common infections; Epidemiology; Population mixing

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 8044244825     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.77     Document Type: Article

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